#dolichopodidae

[bucketbugs]

i sat for a good fifteen minutes trying to get a picture of this stunning dolichopodidae. felt like irl shiny hunting.

what a gem of a little guy!

[bowelfly]

long legged fly (Dolichopodidae)

[jupiterswasphouse]

[PHOTOS TAKEN: AUGUST 1ST, 2025 | Image IDs: Two photos of a small metallic green, yellow, brown, and black long-legged fly on the end of a large melon leaf /End IDs.]

[cnestus]

pretty dolichopodid flies

[rjalker]

anyways unrelated to the last post, Condylostylus mundus my beloved. please hold still for me this year so I can get good pictures of you. you're so pretty.

It's a tiny little fly that's iridescent royal blue.

Here's a picture I got last year:

[ID: A photograph showing a raised garden bed, with the focus on an iridescent dark blue fly sitting on the leaf of a bean plant. Its head and abdomen are dark blue, and the thorax is lighter, almost cyan. End ID.]

[love-fi]

Long-Legged Fly Macro Photograph by Stephen Geisel Via Flickr: Long-Legged Fly Macro Photograph by Stephen Geisel Prints: society6.com/lovefi Photo Blog: luv-fi.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/steviegeisel/ Youtube: www.youtube.com/channel/

[reanimateobjects]

[pipunculidae]

Found this friend on a sunflower leaf in my garden!

Oh so shiny and handsome!! That looks like a long-legged fly(Dolichopodidae) to me!